Noted.

ZELAYA SPEAKS: Shortly after he met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on September 3, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya spoke with Tom Hayden about the Obama administration's announcement that it would cut off millions of dollars in economic aid to the coup government and refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of elections under its auspices. In an interview on TheNation.com, Hayden writes:

Zelaya pronounced the US decision "a great step forward" for Honduran popular resistance to the coup and a "positive message in favor of democracy." "Mexico, Central and Latin America already had taken a position on the elections. We were only missing the United States. Now in light of these statements, the entire continent is condemning these elections under the de facto regime," Zelaya said.

Zelaya said he hopes Clinton understands that "the same opponents of Obama in the US are mine in Honduras. The transnational trade, oil and banking systems. Those who do not want health insurance here are the same as those who do not want to pay a living wage in Honduras."

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